Reversible finger-guard for clothes-wringers.



R. P. WRIGHT. v v REVERSIBLE FINGER GUARD FOR CLOTHES WRINGERS. I

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 2, 191a.

:IIQQQQII Patente d Apr. 10, I917.

To all whom it may concern:

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JRIEA P. WRIGHT, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERI- CAN-WRINGER COMPANY, OF WOONSOCKET AND PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, A

CORPORATION OF RHODE ISLAND.

REVERSIBLE FINGER-GUARD FOR CLOTHES-WRINGERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. IO, IQII'I.

Application filed October? 1916. Serial No. 123,382.

Be it known that I, REA P. "WRIGHT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reversible Finger-Guards for Clothes- VVringers, of which the following is a speci-., fication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

'Ihls inventlon relates to a reversible finger guard for clothes wringers, and has for.

be wrung when being forced through the- Which is pivotally mounted the trunnio'ns 6 of a substantially. U-shaped bail 7,the length of the arms of the bail being such that the wringer rolls from either side.

Another object of my invention isto pro vide a finger guard which comprisesa guard board having a slot in horizontal aline nent with the bite of the pressure rolls so as'to allow the clothes to be forced between the rolls, said guard being carried by a pivoted bail mounted upon the framexof the wringer so that it can be moved upwardly and swung board in adjusted position so that the pressure of the clothes passing through the same g slze that the operators fingers are prevented will not shift the position of the guard slot in respect to the bite of the rolls.

which can be readily attached to any of. the

,well known constructions of clotheswringers now in use.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter set forth."

and the novel features thereof defined by the appended claims. In the drawings,

Ifigure 1 is a side elevation of a wringer showing the application of my improved construction of finger ard thereto;

Fig. 2 is .an-end e evation showing the guard in full lines in position upon one side of the wringer frame and in dottedv lines upon the opposite sides; and

Fig. 3 isa perspective view of my improved construction of'guard detached.

Like numerals of reference refer to like parts in the several figures of the drawing.

In the drawing, 1 indicates a wringer frame which is provided with the usual pressure rolls 2 and 3 having pressure means for said rolls of the ordinary construction. In this form of clothes wringer as herein shown, the side bars of the frame are bifurcated and in applying my improved construction of finger guard thereto, I secure to the outer face of each side bar at its upper endacrossthe slot thereof a plate 4 which is provided with an apertured boss 5 in bail can turn over the top of the wringer frame for th purpose hereinafter fully described.

Pivotally mounted on the bail 7 is a guard board 8 which is preferably secured to the bail by straps 9 forming eyes so as to con meet the base of thebail to theboard 8 in such a mannerthat the board 8 is free to from coming in contact with the pressure rolls.

Secured to each side of the side bars of the wringer frame are keepers 11 into which the lower end portion of the guard board 8 isadapted to be placed so as to hold the guard board rigidly in position-on the frame of the wringer.

In Fig. 2 of the drawing I have shown the guard board 8 in position upon one side of the clothes wringer in full lines so as to .protect the pressurerolls when the clothes ice is lifted upwardly out of the keepers 11-, and the bail and guard is swung-over the top w of the wringer frame and the guard dropped into the keepers upon the opposite side so as to protect the pressure rolls from the side of the wringer into which the clothes are being placed.

In the drawings, Ihave shown pivoted means for supporting the guard board in the form of a bail, but it is, of course, understood that links could be used and that the keepers could be placed on the inner faces of the side bars, and the guard. board formed of such a length that the same would drop between the side bars of the wringer frame which would bring the guard board closer to the pressure rolls, and I do not wish to limit myself to the details of construction herein shown and described as various other means could be provided for mounting the guard board in such a manner that the same can be swung from one side of the wringer frame to the opposite side without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim: Y

1. A reversible finger guard, for a clothes wringer, comprising a pivotally mounted supporting member, a slotted guard board carried by said pivotally mounted member,

and keepers carried by the frame of the wringer for holding said guard board in position upon said wringer. v

2. In a clothes wringer, the combination with a frame thereof, of plates secured to said frame having apertured bosses, of a bail provided with trunnions mounted in said apertured bosses, a slotted guard board pivotally connected to said bai and keepers sesignature. I

REA P. WRIGHT. 

